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I was trying to take a picture today of one of my biggest hissers. While trying to do so she ran off my hand 3 times. First time falling about 18" onto the aspen substrate and landing on her back. The second time she kind of fell head first into her egg crates bounced off and hit the aspen again. The third time she landed belly/feet first onto the crates. Then I gave up. Anyways my question is how hardy are these guys? Will she be ok? I feel horrible. Thanks for any info or advice you can give me. Lindsay

you should have no problem, i've dropped mine more then 4 feet with no health problems. and mine fall 20 inches every time i turn the lights on and they fall off the lid, and i have a bare glass bottem tank.

Are you talking about hissers? Or another species

yep hissers, i have around 1800

Do you find hissers pretty easy to raise? I'm thinking about starting a colony to support for my chameleons, but am concerned about fronting the cash to start a colony only to have it fail.

>>Do you find hissers pretty easy to raise? I'm thinking about starting a colony to support for my chameleons, but am concerned about fronting the cash to start a colony only to have it fail.

I doubt it would fail for you. Hissers are pretty easy. I think Lobsters are easier and way more prolific and likely a better size for you. But Hissers would work.
Hissers like heat to reproduce and to me tend to be less prolific if things are just right. But they don't just die off either.
Lobster roaches reproduce like fleas and start out about 1/8Inch and end up about 1 inch.
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Sonya

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She is a roach. They can survive nuclear fallout. A little fall will not phase her.